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- ISBN 9781786894793
- Weight: 174g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'Gripping . . . Vividly evokes 17th-century Devon' Publishers Weekly
'An engaging cast and plenty of genuine suspense' Booklist Starred Review
Devon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship's surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found impaled on a blade. Identifying the corpse seems a hopeless task and the death is declared a suicide.
But Gabriel is not satisfied and re-examines the body - making the first of a series of shocking discoveries that will lead him deep into the dark underbelly of the lucrative silk trade. As he investigates, Gabriel realises that not only was the death a murder - but even worse, he had a personal connection with the corpse.
Alys Clare is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Harris, who studied archaeology at the University of Kent. Elizabeth also writes the much-loved Hawkenlye and Aelf Fen series.
A Rustle of Silk is the first book in the Gabriel Taverner series.
